Ken Genskow

Projects

Wisconsin’s Basin Education Initiative
Professor Genskow directs this UW-Extension natural resources outreach and education program, involving 15 Extension Basin Educators working with partners across Wisconsin to enhance capacity for resource management. The program is supported through a partnership with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. For more information: http://basineducation.uwex.edu/

Developing social indicators for managing nonpoint source water pollution.  
Dr. Genskow is co-leading a multi-state initiative to incorporate social data into planning an evaluation of watershed management projects.  For more information, visit the project website: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/regionalwaterquality/Flagships/Indicators.htm

Evaluating Programs for Nutrient Management Planning.
Dr. Genskow is working with University of Wisconsin educators and researchers to determine effects of educational programs on farmer nutrient management practices. 

Woodland owner education
Through the basin education initiative, Professor Genskow is working with partners on approaches to target outreach efforts to woodland owners not traditionally involved in forest management.  For more information on woodland management programs through UW-Extension, visit:  http://woodlandinfo.org.

Outreach for stormwater and agricultural nonpoint source pollution
Professor Genskow supports planning and education efforts related to urban and rural nonpoint sources of pollution.  For more information about these efforts in Wisconsin, visit:  http://runoffinfo.uwex.edu

Professor Genskow is involved in numerous additional outreach and research projects, including

-Using Social Indicators to Promote Best Management Practice Adoption in the Midwest (http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/gl/index.php)

-Volunteer monitoring for water quality (http://www.usawaterquality.org/volunteer/)

-Social networks and water quality (http://forest.wisc.edu/facstaff/rickenbach/SNA-H2O.html)